Zachary Quinto, the new Mr. Spock, comes out

Zachary Quinto, the new Spock in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, posted on his website Sunday that he decided to come out as a gay man after the suicide of 14-year-old bullying victim Jamey Rodemeyer, Huffington Post reports.

Like the Buffalo, N.Y., teen, Quinto, 34, also made an It Gets Better video. In it, he also mentions 13-year-old Asher Brown of Cypress, who killed himself in August 2010 over bullying. Here’s Quinto’s video: